The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-06-29
DIR. M,GLYNN.


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:. Like many quscka IN medicine DR.. Nc.
Glynn proposeu Tor tho euro OF poverty q
nostrum that would only aggrava!e exist.
Ing hardships and discomfort. Stripping
his preachmsnt OF i.a gaudy rhetorical
decoration 1t amounts oimply to a propo.
attion that the industrious, economical
classes, who by saving and accidental
have acquired real estate, shall be taxed
to the point OF confscatiou and the pro-
cseds applied to the relief Of poverty in
ths large cities and towns-to tho support
and nlsintenaEce cf tue drinking, gamb.
ling, striking, roistering, improyident,
impecunlous clssses, found In oil centres
of.population. Three fourths and more tf
the Observation-Disclosures whoac property
McGlynn proposes to conlscate are the
sober, thrifty, Woodworking people living
in the country and in the smaller towns
and villages, and the tchsme ia simply 10
divert th6ir earnings, together with those
OF all owners OF real property, into o fund
for the relief OF the rnu,.soaked, idle, aud
diGsipsted population OF the large cities
classes whose poverty is the direct result
and penalty Of improvidence, id!eness,
and aensusl indulgences.
The poverty McGlSnn bawails with
such pathos ia that If the cities. Told
that land can be had in Dakota for the
asking, McGlynn replies that his follow
ets want instead the lsnd OF Chicago and
New YORK;" although they propose to
confsca.e al! city-and country real eatete,
Says McGlynn: 1.-THE teachers OF this
new philosophy love the pavements. We
want tho schools and the museums and
the galleries. We want tho gaslight, the
parks, and the churches" Why should
not McGlynn speak for the following 40
we'll IS the teachers of the new doctrine
and explain ;hst they desire land In
neither town nor country, but only greater
means for indul2ing in the feverish dissi-
palions Of city life. They Glove the pave
menta' indeed. They Esnt tho ruinous
pleasures Of the saloons, pool rooms, race
tracks, and gambling dsna uuobstructed.
fhey desirc less work, more idleneea, and
greater means to indulge the thiEs. for
alcohol aud the sppetito for the de.nora-
ilz!Dg excitements Of tho pavemen!s Blu.
for insemperance and attendant evils tbs
very class whoss misfor:unes sre loudly
lsmented by tho Rev. McGlynn might
be enjoying all tho comforts snd
many Of the luxuIies OF life. The
chief cause OF poverty snd nlisery In tho
cities i6 open, ms1iIcst-clear as the light
OF day To anSheaess observer, Does the
Rev. McGlynn counsel the poor OF the
cities to rid thems slves OF the curse which
fobs them Of their earnings, inpoverishes
their lamiliee, daprives them oil their abil-
ity to earn good living, and finally
wrecks the lives OF mul.ltudes? Not at sll.
He simply proposes 8 echeme BY which
they can tax 10 q full rental the thrifty,
temperate, se!i.denying landowners and
thus secure at oncs for the impecuniouH,
thriitteos claeaes Of the cities greater lille,
ness snd more money Tor drink, gambling,
and licentiouoneEa. /, But for these sources
Of ruinous waste poverty might bs quickly
driven from the ci!ies without undertake
ing to levy on the aober and industrious,
economical, and aelidsnying glasses for
| the support OF tho idle and Incorporate.
DR.. AcGlyHo, instead OF quenching the
flame, proposes to feed ito give the dia-
sipated, oitsatisisd classea OF the oitieH
lees work and more money-to pills on the
fuel and ian tho blszo. Hs il beginning
bis reform at the wrong end. $50 & .s.t
That man like the Rev. McGlyrn can
talk for two hours about poverty in cities
and never menticu its chief causes Is cor.
tainly extraordinary, The people Of the
United STATED spend annually the enor.
mcns sum Q! $500. 100000 for alcohol, and
ssven.ej2hths OF the tremendous waste il
taken from the citieG. City wage-workerf
ccnttibute a fright!ul proportion of the
total. Add to this tho various attendant
vices and sensual ,iIdulgencea, and !neet
thars be any further inquiry respecting
| the csuEs Of poverty in tho cities or iii
cure? Seven hundred million dollars spen'
annually In the cities for intoxicating
drink OF this enormous sum (which ex
ceeds all the National, State, city, county
village and school taxes expended in thu
United S.atea) tho drinking clauses Of Obi
cago contribute / Sl5, 100000 per an
nun Compute also the value OF the time
lost in drinking and soldering of altol
sprees, ths impairment Of working cspac'
!, ity, aud tho money value otruined health,
and the amount Is at lcaat doubled. The
burden is spPGttthE, aud go long as the
urban population voluntarily INDUCES thi!
dieaipation poverty In cities must prevail
Under such circumstances the George,
| McGlynn scheme Of securing money by
REORGANIZATION 10 supply unthritty PEG
| ple with more menus tor dissipation ant
more idle time in WHICH to indulge sppe
lite would only quicken tue pace towards
destruction. II the Rev. McGlynn we're 5
true follower Of his Master he would hay,
4 told his hesreru the chief cause OF urbat
poverty, and exhorted them 10 practice
abstention from alcoholic indnlSences D!
thu sares!, s#iltes., best way OF getting rit
oipoverty and miaeIy ond giving coMpe
teuce and happiness. ~ 7s5. e FS2s-7
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